Table 7.
Logistic regression on frequency utilizing Korean Traditional Medicine hospitals/clinics.
| Independent variables | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exp (β) | p | exp (β ) | p | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Men | Reference | Reference | |||
| Women | 0.86 | 0.1293 | 0.82 | 0.0645 | |
| Age | |||||
| Under 10s | 2.36 | 0.0830 | 1.84 | 0.2790 | |
| 10s | Reference | Reference | |||
| 20s | 1.26 | 0.3749 | 1.16 | 0.5910 | |
| 30s | 1.69 | 0.0665 | 1.47 | 0.1976 | |
| 40s | 2.93 | 0.0002 | 2.67 | 0.0014 | |
| 50s | 3.29 | <0.0001 | 2.79 | 0.0012 | |
| 60s | 5.45 | <0.0001 | 4.13 | <0.0001 | |
| 70s | 6.64 | <0.0001 | 5.24 | <0.0001 | |
| 80s and above | 6.18 | 0.0006 | 4.70 | 0.0047 | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Single | 1.18 | 0.3787 | 1.13 | 0.5395 | |
| Married | Reference | Reference | |||
| Widowed | 1.12 | 0.5124 | 1.11 | 0.5599 | |
| Divorced | 1.39 | 0.3937 | 1.47 | 0.3342 | |
| Separated | 5.52 | 0.1205 | 6.78 | 0.0855 | |
| Others | 0.13 | 0.0762 | 0.12 | 0.0671 | |
| Education | |||||
| None | Reference | Reference | |||
| Elementary school | 0.86 | 0.4850 | 0.95 | 0.8086 | |
| Middle school | 0.78 | 0.3180 | 0.93 | 0.7758 | |
| High school | 0.67 | 0.0977 | 0.77 | 0.3018 | |
| College | 0.83 | 0.4853 | 0.97 | 0.9145 | |
| Others | 0.63 | 0.7242 | 0.98 | 0.9863 | |
| Job | |||||
| Yes | 0.57 | <0.0001 | 0.56 | <0.0001 | |
| No | Reference | Reference | |||
| Income (USD) | |||||
| <1000 | Reference | Reference | |||
| 1001–2000 | 1.00 | 0.9952 | 1.03 | 0.8483 | |
| 2001–3000 | 0.89 | 0.4497 | 0.96 | 0.8047 | |
| 3001–4000 | 0.88 | 0.4678 | 0.93 | 0.7014 | |
| 4001–5000 | 0.77 | 0.1741 | 0.76 | 0.1653 | |
| >5000 | 1.20 | 0.3333 | 1.31 | 0.1841 | |
| Health Insurance | |||||
| Residence based | 1.05 | 0.5687 | 1.07 | 0.4817 | |
| Workplace based | Reference | Reference | |||
| Medicare Class 1 | 1.61 | 0.0862 | 1.47 | 0.1709 | |
| Medicare Class 2 | 0.95 | 0.8789 | 0.79 | 0.5461 | |
| Others | 1.12 | 0.7853 | 0.81 | 0.6111 | |
| Diseases and symptoms | |||||
| Hypertension | 1.40 | 0.3582 | |||
| Arthritis | 2.15 | <0.0001 | |||
| Backache | 1.86 | <0.0001 | |||
| Diabetes | 0.81 | 0.6658 | |||
| Stroke | 4.89 | <0.0001 | |||
| Cramps | 1.17 | 0.620 | |||
| Asthma | 1.14 | 0.8366 | |||
| Repressed anger and stress | 1.77 | 0.0877 | |||
| Gastroenteric trouble | 1.34 | 0.0849 | |||
| Cold | 0.89 | 0.6191 | |||
| Atopy | 2.60 | 0.0398 | |||
| Cancer | 1.08 | 0.9091 | |||
| Infertility | 1.08 | 0.9477 | |||
| Frozen shoulder | 1.61 | 0.0294 | |||
| Sprained ankle | 0.65 | 0.0079 | |||
| Muscular wound | 1.10 | 0.4501 | |||
| Lumbar sprain | 1.63 | 0.0004 | |||
| Fracture | 1.25 | 0.5277 | |||
| Diet/obesity | 2.30 | 0.0041 | |||
| Skin care | 2.29 | 0.0344 | |||
| Somatotype correction | 1.94 | 0.2269 | |||
| Constitution improvement | 1.24 | 0.4097 | |||
| Herbal tonics | 0.59 | 0.0145 | |||
| Height growth | 4.05 | 0.0833 | |||
| Aftereffects from traffic accident | 2.89 | <0.0001 | |||
| Total | 0.54 | 0.1204 | 0.34 | 0.0084 | |
Dependent variables: Frequency (infrequent: 0, frequent: 1).
Model 1: sociodemographic factors.
Model 2: Model 1 + 25 diseases.